Tiny House Living

Issue 30 – November 6, 2009

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:10:37 +0000

Tiny House Living is a weekly newsletter that now comes out every Friday morning. We cover the world of tiny houses and the people that choose to live this simpler life. Each entry is a short summary that links to the original article.

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Shed Competition – Vote Now

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:09:34 +0000

Vote for your favorite shed at the Shed Design Competition 2009 hosted by Secrets of Shed Building. There are 10 finalists and all of them are really great. I really wish I had made the time to enter the competition myself.

Vote For Your Favorite Shed

Michael Moore’s Tiny House

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:09:00 +0000

No really… this guy’s name is Michael Moore (no relation to the movie producer) and this is his trailer house that he pulls behind his bike. Michael emailed me the other day with a note telling me I wasn’t crazy for coming up with some design concepts for bike pulled tiny houses.

Michael… thanks for the heads up on this story! We’d love to see more photos. Photo credit Journal-Tribune photo by Lindsay Castle.

Michael Moore’s Tiny House

Tiny House Zoning Success Story

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:08:28 +0000

Here’s a great story about some folks in Washington state getting approval for a tiny house community by showing their local planning department how multiple small homes are not really much different from an apartment complex in terms of units-per-acre and square-feet-per-unit. When a property is zoned multi-family a community of tiny houses can be possible without changing the rules.

Tiny House Zoning Success Story

Dans mon arbre

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:07:15 +0000

Dans mon arbre is a treehouse company in Grenoble, France. Each treehouse they build is one of a kind and designed for each individual tree and client. I was really impressed with all the different designs they’ve come up with so far and the high level of craftmanship. The treehouse pictured here is especially cool with shutters and awnings that open and close to help control the interior temperature. I first spotted this on Inhabitat.

Dans mon arbre

sipsFORM Sustainable Buildings

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:11 +0000

There are some easy to build, sustainable, and small structures coming out of the UK. They are built from structural insulated panels and you can see several of their designs on the sipsFORM website.

sipsFORM Sustainable Buildings

Lifeguard Towers or Beach Houses

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:05:55 +0000

Here’s a link to an article that imagines what it would be like to turn some amazing lifeguard towers into beach houses. I like the idea because it stretches the imagination on what makes a house a house and offers some entirely different funky styles for our imaginations to noodle over.

Lifeguard Towers or Beach Houses

Ed’s Shed

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:04:38 +0000

A fellow named Ed built this tiny house for $50 to use as a place to sleep while attending a 4-day music festival. He hauled it there in the back of his truck.

While Ed’s shed is a bit on the funky side I can see how something like this with just a little more time and effort could be a much safer place for someone to sleep and a big step up from a tent.

Ed’s Shed

Arctic Shed

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:04:04 +0000

2-B-2 Architecture has a shelter solution for those working in the extreme conditions of the Arctic. This until will support three people and is moved from site to site.

Arctic Shed

More Simple Living Resources

Michael Janzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:01:32 +0000

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